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Place Names Register Extract

Adelaide Place

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Name Adelaide
Type Designation Place
Place Id 5019
Place Type Road
Status Registered
Date Registered 28 August 1996
Locality / Suburb  
  Durack
Local Government Area  
  Palmerston City Council
History/Origin Named after the Adelaide River which was discovered by L R Fitzmaurice and C Keys of the HMS Beagle in 1839 and named in honour of Queen Adelaide because it flowed into Clarence Strait, named after her husband William IV, Duke of Clarence.

Register & Gazettal information

Date Gazettal Comment
28/08/1996 NTG35
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